I ran the observing program for The SETI Institute at the Allen Telescope Array. I moved on to other things in Sept 2019. My 11 years there was a blast!
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A bird at the Allen Telescope Array was protecting her four eggs today. She would run away from her nest to try and distract me. I tried to leave her alone. #ATASETI
Video of lightning at the Allen Telescope Array on July 15, 2018 recorded with our new sky camera. You can see the dishes and windsock on the periphery. #ATASETI setiquest.info
Short video story featuring @jilltarter and @jrseti at the ATA last summer. This just aired last Monday on the show Daily Planet in Canada. youtu.be/ipdYF01uok0 #ATASETI
I held a brief party in honor of Verne Troyer who died last week. His biggest role was ‘Mini-Me’ in the Austin Powers films. (Turn up the volume to hear Dr. Evil introduce him when I press the button) #ATASETI
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I wrote the iPhone app for this book/project. My wife is the author of the book. I got a lot of good husband points for doing this :). Plus, I got better at iOS Swift programming. Especially interesting was the particle emitter which enables the effect of…lnkd.in/gESCFAd
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Jon Richards retweeted
We observed last night Barnard's and Luyten's Stars from the @NAICobservatory together with the @SETIInstitute's Allen Telescope Array (ATA). Thanks to @jrseti for the collaboration. @SethShostak @jilltarter @PlanetaryHabLab
Now recalibrating the ATA for 7700-9000Mhz to observe 'Oumuamua. It sets at 06:46UTC. Hopefully I can get to 9GHz before it sets! setiquest.info #Omuamua #ATASETI
Calibrating now to observe 'Oumuamua, today 5700 to 7700MHz with the ATA. Shasta has a great cloud over it just now. setiquest.info #ATASETI #oumuamua
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From @SethShostak: Is this mysterious space rock actually an alien spaceship? There’s no evidence to back that up. Not yet, anyway. Oumuamua’s reddish hue and its unsteady brightness are typical of asteroids, not spacecraft. | @NBCNewsMACH buff.ly/2Bs0xFB
The ATA is observing that interstellar object 'Oumuamua again. 3 to 5 GHz tonight. setiquest.info #ATASETI
The ATA is observing asteroid A/2017 U1, the one passing though our solar system. 2-4GHz. Now near Aries. setiquest.info #ATASETI
For a while this morning the ATA was observing near Galaxy M109. The upper right bright star is Phecda. setiquest.info #ATASETI
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Not aliens: paper on the July claim of signals from Ross 128 is now accepted to Intl. Journal of Astrobiology arxiv.org/abs/1710.08404
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We're just $754 short of our goal in our crowdfunding campaign for student travel - thanks to all of our donors!
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